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- the present invention relates to the field of liquid crystal displaying, and in particular to a graphene transparent conductive layer and a CF (Color Filter) substrate having the conductive transparent layer and a manufacturing method thereof.
- a commonly used transparent conductive material is a metal oxide mixed transparent conductive material, such as indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), and aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO), among which the most commonly used one is the ITO transparent conductive material that has a light transmittance as high as 90%.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- IZO indium zinc oxide
- AZO aluminum-doped zinc oxide
- element indium is a rare and expensive metal and the manufacture of ITO film requires high degree of vacuum and a relatively high temperature.
- the ITO film so obtained is brittle, making it difficult to make a flexible electrode.
- graphene is novel carbon based material having a two-dimensional honeycomb structure formed by a single layer of densely packed carbon atoms.
- Graphene is the thinnest but hardest nanometer material that is currently known and is almost perfectly clear, absorbing 2.3% of light and having an electric resistivity of around 10 ⁇ 6 ⁇ cm, which is lower than that of copper or silver, making it a material of lowest electric resistivity that is currently known, and can be manufactured by various processes, such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), micro-machine exfoliation, and epitaxial growth.
- CVD chemical vapor deposition
- micro-machine exfoliation micro-machine exfoliation
- graphene Since graphene has an electrical conductivity that matches ITO and has a light transmittance as high as 97% and also since graphene has mechanical strength and flexibility both superior to the ITO transparent conductive material, graphene can be used completely in place of ITO in making a transparent conductive electrode or conductive layer. Further, graphene made with a CVD process is of low manufacture cost, requiring no high temperature and high pressure, and the technique for transferring graphene so manufactured to a substrate to serve as a transparent electrode or a transparent conductive layer is getting mature. Compared to the ITO transparent conductive materials, graphene has a wider and more developed future in flexible displaying.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a graphene transparent conductive layer, which is usable in place of the conventional metal oxide mixed transparent conductive layer and shows improved mechanical strength and flexibility.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a CF substrate having a graphene transparent conductive layer, which uses a graphene transparent conductive layer to replace an ITO transparent conductive layer used in a CF substrate of a liquid crystal display in order to acquire an electrode of a graphene transparent conductive layer or a static electricity draining layer that has high transmittance and excellent flexibility for use in a liquid crystal display panel to improve the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel and reduce the use of backlighting.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of a CF substrate having a graphene transparent conductive layer, of which the operation is easy and the manufacture can be easily achieved so that the CF substrate that has the graphene transparent conductive layer has the advantages of high transmittance and excellent flexibility.
- the present invention provides a transparent conductive layer, which is made of a graphene transparent conductive material and is in the form of a thin film having a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- the present invention also provides a color filter (CF) substrate, which comprises: a CF substrate body and a transparent conductive layer formed on the CF substrate body.
- the transparent conductive layer is made of a graphene transparent conductive material in the form of a thin film having a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- the CF substrate body comprises a glass substrate and a color resist layer formed on the glass substrate.
- the color resist layer comprises a plurality of pixel units that is arranged in an array and a black matrix arranged around an outer circumference of the pixel units.
- the transparent conductive layer is arranged on the color resist layer.
- the transparent conductive layer and the color resist layer are respectively arranged on two opposite surfaces of the glass substrate.
- the present invention further provides a manufacturing method of a CF substrate, which comprises the following steps:
- step (15) the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film is positioned on the color resist layer of the CF substrate body; and in step (16), the transparent conductive layer is formed on the color resist layer of the CF substrate body.
- step (15) the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film is positioned on the glass substrate of the CF substrate body; and in step (16), the transparent conductive layer is formed on the glass substrate of the CF substrate body.
- the carbon source gas is methane, ethylene, or acethylene; the carrier gas is hydrogen or a mixed gas of hydrogen and argon; the growth substrate is a metal foil made of Ni, Cu, or Ru; the growth substrate corrosive liquid is FeCl 3 solution or an acid solution; and the transfer medium layer is poly methyl methacrylate or poly dimethyl acrylamide.
- the carbon source gas is methane; the carrier gas is hydrogen; the growth substrate is a Cu foil, the copper foil having a purity 99%; the transfer medium layer is poly methyl methacrylate; the growth substrate corrosive liquid is 0.1-1.5 mol/L FeCl 3 solution; and the transfer medium layer removing solvent is acetone alcohol solution.
- the efficacy of the present invention is that the present invention provides a transparent conductive layer made of graphene, having electrical conductivity matching a transparent conductive layer made of ITO.
- the graphene-made transparent conductive layer has light transmittance of 97%.
- the graphene-made transparent conductive layer according to the present invention has mechanical strength and flexibility both superior to the ITO-made transparent conductive layer and is more suitable for the field of flexible substrates. Further, in using a CVD process to manufacture a graphene transparent conductive layer, the operation is easy and the manufacture can be easily achieved so that the manufacture cost is made even lower.
- the manufacturing method of the CF substrate that has the graphene transparent conductive layer according to the present invention uses a CVD process to form a graphene film on a growth substrate to be subsequently transferred to a CF substrate body, of which the manufacture is easy and the cost is low.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of a transparent conductive layer according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a manufacturing method of a transparent conductive layer according to the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of a CF substrate according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the structure of a CF substrate according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a manufacturing method of a CF substrate according to the present invention.
- the present invention provides a transparent conductive layer 20, which is made of a graphene transparent conductive material and is in the form of a thin film having a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- the transparent conductive layer 20 possesses excellent electric conduction performance and light transmittance performance and may completely substitute the conventional ITO-made transparent conductive layers for use in the fields of touch screens, liquid crystal displays, organic photovoltaic cells, and organic light-emitting diodes. Further, the graphene-made transparent conductive layer 20 has improved mechanical strength and flexibility and is more suitable for the field of flexible substrates.
- the transparent conductive layer 20 is made by a chemical vapor deposition process, of which the operation is easy and the manufacture can be readily achieved with low cost. Specifically, referring to FIG. 2 , a manufacturing method of the transparent conductive layer 20 comprises the following steps:
- Step 1 placing a growth substrate in a chemical vapor deposition reactor and introducing a mixed gas of a carbon source gas and a carrier gas to carry out a reaction under the conditions of 900-1120° C. and 40 Pa-5000 KPa for 1-60 min so as to grow a graphene film on the growth substrate.
- the growth substrate is made of nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), or ruthenium (Ru) and is preferably a metal foil made of Ni, Cu, or Ru.
- the carbon source gas and the carrier gas used are different.
- the growth substrate is a Cu foil and the copper foil has a purity 99%.
- the carbon source gas is generally hydrocarbons.
- the type of carbon source determines the growth temperature of the chemical vapor deposition process.
- the carbon source gas is preferably methane, ethylene, or acethylene.
- the carbon source gas is methane.
- the carrier gas is hydrogen or a mixed gas of hydrogen and argon.
- the carrier gas is hydrogen.
- the carbon source gas is decomposed by the high temperature on the surface of the growth substrate and graphene grows.
- a metallic growth substrate such as Ni, which has high carbon solubility
- the carbon atoms generated through the decomposition of the carbon source penetrate into the metallic growth substrate at the high temperature and precipitates and nucleates therein when temperature drops so as to form a graphene film.
- a metallic growth substrate such as Cu, which has low carbon solubility
- the carbon atoms generated through the decomposition of the gaseous carbon source at a high temperature attach to the metal surface to nucleate and grow to form “graphene islands”. Through two-dimensional expansion and combination of the “graphene islands”, a continuous graphene film is obtained. Manufactured with the CVD process, the graphene film so formed shows high quality and can grow over a large area.
- Step 2 coating a transfer medium layer on the graphene film to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate.
- the transfer medium layer can be poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) or poly dimethyl acrylamide (PDMA). In the instant embodiment, the transfer medium layer is poly methyl methacrylate.
- the macro strength is low and breaking may readily result during the process of transfer.
- Using the transfer medium ensures an intact structure of the graphene film after the transfer without damage and causing no contamination to the graphene film.
- Step 3 dipping the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate in a growth substrate corrosive liquid to remove the growth substrate so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film.
- the growth substrate corrosive liquid will be different for different growth substrates and is often a FeCl 3 solution (that corrodes a Cu based growth substrate) or an acid solution (that corrodes a Ni based growth substrate).
- the growth substrate corrosive liquid is 0.1-1.5 mol/L FeCl 3 solution, which erodes away the copper foil to achieve separation of the graphene film from the growth substrate.
- Step 4 positioning the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film on a base plate to proceed with transferring in room temperature so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/base plate.
- the base plate can be a CF substrate body, a glass substrate, or a plastic substrate to which a conductive electrode or a conductive layer is to be installed and can be selected to suit the needs.
- Step 5 placing and washing the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/base plate in a transfer medium layer removing solvent to remove the transfer medium layer so as to obtain a transparent conductive layer 20 on the base plate.
- the transfer medium layer removing solvent is a solvent that removes the transfer medium layer but does not damage and contaminate the graphene film and can be selected according to the properties of graphene and the material of the transfer medium layer itself. Since acetone alcohol solution can effectively remove poly methyl methacrylate and does not damage and contaminate the graphene film, in the instant embodiment, the transfer medium layer removing solvent is acetone alcohol solution.
- the transparent conductive layer 20 is applied to a CF substrate of a liquid crystal display panel to serve as an electrode and a CF substrate that uses a graphene transparent conductive material according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention is obtained, which comprises, specifically: a CF substrate body 40 and a transparent conductive layer 20 formed on the CF substrate body 40.
- the transparent conductive layer 20 is made of a graphene transparent conductive material and is in the form of a thin film having a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- the CF substrate body 40 comprises a glass substrate 42 and a color resist layer 44 formed on the glass substrate 42.
- the glass substrate 42 is a high purity alkali free glass.
- the color resist layer 44 comprises a plurality of pixel units that is arranged in an array and a black matrix arranged around an outer circumference of the pixel units.
- the transparent conductive layer 20 is formed on the color resist layer 44 to serve as a common electrode of a liquid crystal display panel to induce, together with a pixel electrode (not shown) on a TFT (Thin-Film Transistor) substrate (not shown), an electric field for driving liquid crystal molecules to rotate.
- the CF substrate is often a CF substrate for a high definition display mode but is not limited thereto, for it is possible to provide a CF substrate for other display modes that require installation of a transparent conductive electrode.
- the transparent conductive layer 20 and the color resist layer 44 are respectively formed on opposite surfaces of the glass substrate 42.
- the transparent conductive layer 20 serves as a static electricity draining layer for draining static electricity from a liquid crystal display panel to extend the life span of the liquid crystal display panel.
- using an ITO layer to serve as a static electricity draining layer requires to attach a layer of protection film on a surface of ITO to protect the ITO static electricity draining layer, while in the present invention, the static electricity draining layer is made of a graphene transparent conductive layer 20, which requires no protection layer so as to reduce the manufacture cost.
- the CF substrate is generally a CF substrate used in an IPS (In-Plane Switching) display mode or a CF substrate used in an FFS (Fringe Field Switching) display mode, but is not limited to serving as the CF substrates of these two display modes and can be a CF substrate for other display modes that requires a static electricity draining layer.
- IPS In-Plane Switching
- FFS Frringe Field Switching
- the present invention further provides a manufacturing method of a CF substrate, which comprises the following steps:
- Step 11 placing a growth substrate in a chemical vapor deposition reactor and introducing a mixed gas of a carbon source gas and a carrier gas to carry out a reaction under the conditions of 900-1120° C. and 40 Pa-5000 KPa for 1-60 min so as to grow a graphene film on the growth substrate, wherein the graphene film has a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- the growth substrate is made of nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), or ruthenium (Ru) and is preferably a metal foil made of Ni, Cu, or Ru.
- the carbon source gas and the carrier gas used are different.
- the growth substrate is a Cu foil and the copper foil has a purity 99%.
- the carbon source gas is generally hydrocarbons.
- the type of carbon source determines the growth temperature of the chemical vapor deposition process.
- the carbon source gas is preferably methane, ethylene, or acethylene.
- the carbon source gas is methane.
- the carrier gas is hydrogen or a mixed gas of hydrogen and argon.
- the carrier gas is hydrogen.
- the carbon source gas is decomposed by the high temperature on the surface of the growth substrate and graphene grows.
- a metallic growth substrate such as Ni, which has high carbon solubility
- the carbon atoms generated through the decomposition of the carbon source penetrate into the metallic growth substrate at the high temperature and precipitates and nucleates therein when temperature drops so as to form a graphene film.
- a metallic growth substrate such as Cu, which has low carbon solubility
- the carbon atoms generated through the decomposition of the gaseous carbon source at a high temperature attach to the metal surface to nucleate and grow to form “graphene islands”. Through two-dimensional expansion and combination of the “graphene islands”, a continuous graphene film is obtained. Manufactured with the CVD process, the graphene film so formed shows high quality and can grow over a large area.
- Step 12 coating a transfer medium layer on the graphene film to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate.
- the transfer medium layer can be poly methyl methacrylate or poly dimethyl acrylamide.
- the transfer medium layer is poly methyl methacrylate.
- the macro strength is low and breaking may readily result during the process of transfer.
- Using the transfer medium ensures an intact structure of the graphene film after the transfer without damage and causing no contamination to the graphene film.
- Step 13 dipping the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate in a growth substrate corrosive liquid to remove the growth substrate so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film.
- the growth substrate corrosive liquid will be different for different growth substrates and is often a FeCl 3 solution (that corrodes a Cu based growth substrate) or an acid solution (that corrodes a Ni based growth substrate).
- the growth substrate corrosive liquid is 0.1-1.5 mol/L FeCl 3 solution, which erodes away the copper foil to achieve separation of the graphene film from the growth substrate.
- Step 14 providing a CF substrate body 40, wherein the CF substrate body 40 comprises a glass substrate 42 and a color resist layer 44 formed on the glass substrate 42.
- the color resist layer 44 is formed on a surface of the glass substrate through a yellow light process of rinsing, coating, pre-baking, exposure, development, and post-baking.
- the color resist layer 44 comprises a plurality of pixel units that is arranged in an array and a black matrix arranged around an outer circumference of the pixel units.
- Step 15 positioning the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film on the CF substrate body 40 to proceed with transferring in room temperature so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/CF substrate body.
- the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film can be positioned on the color resist layer 44 of the CF substrate body 40 (as shown in FIG. 3 ) to serve as a common electrode of a liquid crystal display panel; alternatively, the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film can be positioned on the glass substrate 42 of the CF substrate body 40 (as shown in FIG. 4 ) to serve as a static electricity draining layer.
- Step 16 placing and washing the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/CF substrate body in a transfer medium layer removing solvent to remove the transfer medium layer so as to obtain a graphene film on the CF substrate body 40 and thus forming a transparent conductive layer 20 on the CF substrate body 40.
- the transfer medium layer removing solvent is a solvent that removes the transfer medium layer but does not damage and contaminate the graphene film and can be selected according to the properties of graphene and the material of the transfer medium layer itself. Since acetone alcohol solution can effectively remove poly methyl methacrylate and does not damage and contaminate the graphene film, in the instant embodiment, the transfer medium layer removing solvent is acetone alcohol solution.
- the transparent conductive layer 20 formed on the color resist layer 44 can serve as a common electrode of a liquid crystal display panel to induce, together with a pixel electrode (not shown) on a TFT substrate (not shown), an electric field for driving liquid crystal molecules to rotate.
- the CF substrate is often a CF substrate for a high definition display mode but is not limited thereto, for it is possible to provide a CF substrate for other display modes that require installation of a transparent conductive electrode.
- the transparent conductive layer 20 serves as a static electricity draining layer for draining static electricity from a liquid crystal display panel to extend the life span of the liquid crystal display panel.
- using an ITO layer to serve as a static electricity draining layer requires to attach a layer of protection film on a surface of ITO to protect the ITO static electricity draining layer, while in the present invention, the static electricity draining layer is made of a graphene transparent conductive layer 20, which requires no protection layer so as to reduce the manufacture cost.
- the CF substrate is generally a CF substrate used in an IPS (In-Plane Switching) display mode or a CF substrate used in an FFS (Fringe Field Switching) display mode, but is not limited to serving as the CF substrates of these two display modes and can be a CF substrate for other display modes that requires a static electricity draining layer.
- IPS In-Plane Switching
- FFS Frringe Field Switching
- the present invention provides a transparent conductive layer made of graphene, having electrical conductivity matching a transparent conductive layer made of ITO.
- the graphene-made transparent conductive layer has light transmittance of 97%.
- the graphene-made transparent conductive layer according to the present invention has mechanical strength and flexibility both superior to the ITO-made transparent conductive layer and is more suitable for the field of flexible substrates. Further, in using a CVD process to manufacture a graphene transparent conductive layer, the operation is easy and the manufacture can be easily achieved so that the manufacture cost is made even lower.
- the manufacturing method of the CF substrate that has the graphene transparent conductive layer according to the present invention uses a CVD process to form a graphene film on a growth substrate to be subsequently transferred to a CF substrate body, of which the manufacture is easy and the cost is low.
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Description
- This is a divisional application of co-pending patent application Ser. No. 14/111,561, filed on Oct. 13, 2013.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to the field of liquid crystal displaying, and in particular to a graphene transparent conductive layer and a CF (Color Filter) substrate having the conductive transparent layer and a manufacturing method thereof.
- 2. The Related Arts
- Heretofore, a commonly used transparent conductive material is a metal oxide mixed transparent conductive material, such as indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), and aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO), among which the most commonly used one is the ITO transparent conductive material that has a light transmittance as high as 90%. However, element indium is a rare and expensive metal and the manufacture of ITO film requires high degree of vacuum and a relatively high temperature. The ITO film so obtained is brittle, making it difficult to make a flexible electrode. These limit further development of the ITO transparent conductive material.
- Recently, researches revealed that graphene is novel carbon based material having a two-dimensional honeycomb structure formed by a single layer of densely packed carbon atoms. Graphene is the thinnest but hardest nanometer material that is currently known and is almost perfectly clear, absorbing 2.3% of light and having an electric resistivity of around 10−6 Ω·cm, which is lower than that of copper or silver, making it a material of lowest electric resistivity that is currently known, and can be manufactured by various processes, such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), micro-machine exfoliation, and epitaxial growth. Since graphene has an electrical conductivity that matches ITO and has a light transmittance as high as 97% and also since graphene has mechanical strength and flexibility both superior to the ITO transparent conductive material, graphene can be used completely in place of ITO in making a transparent conductive electrode or conductive layer. Further, graphene made with a CVD process is of low manufacture cost, requiring no high temperature and high pressure, and the technique for transferring graphene so manufactured to a substrate to serve as a transparent electrode or a transparent conductive layer is getting mature. Compared to the ITO transparent conductive materials, graphene has a wider and more prosperous future in flexible displaying.
- It is thus desired to provide a graphene transparent conductive layer having various parameters that are all suitable to replace the ITO transparent conductive layer for use in an CF substrate of a liquid crystal display in order to acquire an electrode of a graphene transparent conductive layer having high transmittance and excellent flexibility to accordingly improve the transmittance of a CF substrate of a liquid crystal display panel that uses graphene transparent conductive material and reduce the use of backlighting.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a graphene transparent conductive layer, which is usable in place of the conventional metal oxide mixed transparent conductive layer and shows improved mechanical strength and flexibility.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a CF substrate having a graphene transparent conductive layer, which uses a graphene transparent conductive layer to replace an ITO transparent conductive layer used in a CF substrate of a liquid crystal display in order to acquire an electrode of a graphene transparent conductive layer or a static electricity draining layer that has high transmittance and excellent flexibility for use in a liquid crystal display panel to improve the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel and reduce the use of backlighting.
- A further object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of a CF substrate having a graphene transparent conductive layer, of which the operation is easy and the manufacture can be easily achieved so that the CF substrate that has the graphene transparent conductive layer has the advantages of high transmittance and excellent flexibility.
- To achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a transparent conductive layer, which is made of a graphene transparent conductive material and is in the form of a thin film having a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 Ω/□.
- The present invention also provides a color filter (CF) substrate, which comprises: a CF substrate body and a transparent conductive layer formed on the CF substrate body. The transparent conductive layer is made of a graphene transparent conductive material in the form of a thin film having a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 Ω/□.
- The CF substrate body comprises a glass substrate and a color resist layer formed on the glass substrate. The color resist layer comprises a plurality of pixel units that is arranged in an array and a black matrix arranged around an outer circumference of the pixel units.
- The transparent conductive layer is arranged on the color resist layer.
- The transparent conductive layer and the color resist layer are respectively arranged on two opposite surfaces of the glass substrate.
- The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of a CF substrate, which comprises the following steps:
- (11) placing a growth substrate in a chemical vapor deposition reactor and introducing a mixed gas of a carbon source gas and a carrier gas to carry out a reaction under the conditions of 900-1120° C. and 40 Pa-5000 KPa for 1-60 min so as to grow a graphene film on the growth substrate, wherein the graphene film has a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 Ω/□;
- (12) coating a transfer medium layer on the graphene film to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate;
- (13) dipping the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate in a growth substrate corrosive liquid to remove the growth substrate so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film;
- (14) providing a CF substrate body, wherein the CF substrate body comprises a glass substrate and a color resist layer formed on the glass substrate;
- (15) positioning the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film on the CF substrate body to proceed with transferring in room temperature so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/CF substrate body; and
- (16) placing and washing the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/CF substrate body in a transfer medium layer removing solvent to remove the transfer medium layer so as to obtain a graphene film on the CF substrate body and thus forming a transparent conductive layer on the CF substrate body.
- In step (15), the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film is positioned on the color resist layer of the CF substrate body; and in step (16), the transparent conductive layer is formed on the color resist layer of the CF substrate body.
- In step (15), the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film is positioned on the glass substrate of the CF substrate body; and in step (16), the transparent conductive layer is formed on the glass substrate of the CF substrate body.
- The carbon source gas is methane, ethylene, or acethylene; the carrier gas is hydrogen or a mixed gas of hydrogen and argon; the growth substrate is a metal foil made of Ni, Cu, or Ru; the growth substrate corrosive liquid is FeCl3 solution or an acid solution; and the transfer medium layer is poly methyl methacrylate or poly dimethyl acrylamide.
- The carbon source gas is methane; the carrier gas is hydrogen; the growth substrate is a Cu foil, the copper foil having a purity 99%; the transfer medium layer is poly methyl methacrylate; the growth substrate corrosive liquid is 0.1-1.5 mol/L FeCl3 solution; and the transfer medium layer removing solvent is acetone alcohol solution.
- The efficacy of the present invention is that the present invention provides a transparent conductive layer made of graphene, having electrical conductivity matching a transparent conductive layer made of ITO. The graphene-made transparent conductive layer has light transmittance of 97%. Further, the graphene-made transparent conductive layer according to the present invention has mechanical strength and flexibility both superior to the ITO-made transparent conductive layer and is more suitable for the field of flexible substrates. Further, in using a CVD process to manufacture a graphene transparent conductive layer, the operation is easy and the manufacture can be easily achieved so that the manufacture cost is made even lower. Applying the graphene transparent conductive layer to the field of liquid crystal displaying to make a CF substrate having a graphene transparent conductive layer, since the graphene transparent conductive layer that has improved light transmittance performance, mechanical strength, and flexibility is used to replace an ITO transparent conductive layer, the CF substrate having the graphene transparent conductive layer, when used in a liquid crystal display panel, may improve the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel and reduce the use of backlighting. Further, the manufacturing method of the CF substrate that has the graphene transparent conductive layer according to the present invention uses a CVD process to form a graphene film on a growth substrate to be subsequently transferred to a CF substrate body, of which the manufacture is easy and the cost is low.
- For better understanding of the features and technical contents of the present invention, reference will be made to the following detailed description of the present invention and the attached drawings. However, the drawings are provided for the purposes of reference and illustration and are not intended to impose undue limitations to the present invention.
- The technical solution, as well as beneficial advantages, of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of an embodiment of the present invention, with reference to the attached drawings. In the drawings:
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of a transparent conductive layer according to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a manufacturing method of a transparent conductive layer according to the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of a CF substrate according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the structure of a CF substrate according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a manufacturing method of a CF substrate according to the present invention. - To further expound the technical solution adopted in the present invention and the advantages thereof, a detailed description is given to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and the attached drawings.
- Referring to
FIGS. 1 and 2 , the present invention provides a transparentconductive layer 20, which is made of a graphene transparent conductive material and is in the form of a thin film having a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500Ω/□. The transparentconductive layer 20 possesses excellent electric conduction performance and light transmittance performance and may completely substitute the conventional ITO-made transparent conductive layers for use in the fields of touch screens, liquid crystal displays, organic photovoltaic cells, and organic light-emitting diodes. Further, the graphene-made transparentconductive layer 20 has improved mechanical strength and flexibility and is more suitable for the field of flexible substrates. - The transparent
conductive layer 20 is made by a chemical vapor deposition process, of which the operation is easy and the manufacture can be readily achieved with low cost. Specifically, referring toFIG. 2 , a manufacturing method of the transparentconductive layer 20 comprises the following steps: - Step 1: placing a growth substrate in a chemical vapor deposition reactor and introducing a mixed gas of a carbon source gas and a carrier gas to carry out a reaction under the conditions of 900-1120° C. and 40 Pa-5000 KPa for 1-60 min so as to grow a graphene film on the growth substrate.
- The growth substrate is made of nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), or ruthenium (Ru) and is preferably a metal foil made of Ni, Cu, or Ru. For growth substrates made of different materials, the carbon source gas and the carrier gas used are different. In the instant embodiment, the growth substrate is a Cu foil and the copper foil has a purity 99%.
- The carbon source gas is generally hydrocarbons. The type of carbon source determines the growth temperature of the chemical vapor deposition process. In the process adopted here, the carbon source gas is preferably methane, ethylene, or acethylene. In the instant embodiment, the carbon source gas is methane.
- The carrier gas is hydrogen or a mixed gas of hydrogen and argon. In the instant embodiment, the carrier gas is hydrogen.
- The carbon source gas is decomposed by the high temperature on the surface of the growth substrate and graphene grows. For a metallic growth substrate, such as Ni, which has high carbon solubility, the carbon atoms generated through the decomposition of the carbon source penetrate into the metallic growth substrate at the high temperature and precipitates and nucleates therein when temperature drops so as to form a graphene film. For a metallic growth substrate, such as Cu, which has low carbon solubility, the carbon atoms generated through the decomposition of the gaseous carbon source at a high temperature attach to the metal surface to nucleate and grow to form “graphene islands”. Through two-dimensional expansion and combination of the “graphene islands”, a continuous graphene film is obtained. Manufactured with the CVD process, the graphene film so formed shows high quality and can grow over a large area.
- Step 2: coating a transfer medium layer on the graphene film to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate.
- The transfer medium layer can be poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) or poly dimethyl acrylamide (PDMA). In the instant embodiment, the transfer medium layer is poly methyl methacrylate.
- For the graphene film that has a thickness of only several nanometers, the macro strength is low and breaking may readily result during the process of transfer. Using the transfer medium ensures an intact structure of the graphene film after the transfer without damage and causing no contamination to the graphene film.
- Step 3: dipping the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate in a growth substrate corrosive liquid to remove the growth substrate so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film.
- The growth substrate corrosive liquid will be different for different growth substrates and is often a FeCl3 solution (that corrodes a Cu based growth substrate) or an acid solution (that corrodes a Ni based growth substrate). In the instant embodiment, the growth substrate corrosive liquid is 0.1-1.5 mol/L FeCl3 solution, which erodes away the copper foil to achieve separation of the graphene film from the growth substrate.
- Step 4: positioning the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film on a base plate to proceed with transferring in room temperature so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/base plate.
- The base plate can be a CF substrate body, a glass substrate, or a plastic substrate to which a conductive electrode or a conductive layer is to be installed and can be selected to suit the needs.
- Step 5: placing and washing the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/base plate in a transfer medium layer removing solvent to remove the transfer medium layer so as to obtain a transparent
conductive layer 20 on the base plate. - The transfer medium layer removing solvent is a solvent that removes the transfer medium layer but does not damage and contaminate the graphene film and can be selected according to the properties of graphene and the material of the transfer medium layer itself. Since acetone alcohol solution can effectively remove poly methyl methacrylate and does not damage and contaminate the graphene film, in the instant embodiment, the transfer medium layer removing solvent is acetone alcohol solution.
- Referring to
FIG. 3 , the transparentconductive layer 20 is applied to a CF substrate of a liquid crystal display panel to serve as an electrode and a CF substrate that uses a graphene transparent conductive material according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention is obtained, which comprises, specifically: aCF substrate body 40 and a transparentconductive layer 20 formed on theCF substrate body 40. The transparentconductive layer 20 is made of a graphene transparent conductive material and is in the form of a thin film having a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 Ω/□. - The
CF substrate body 40 comprises aglass substrate 42 and a color resistlayer 44 formed on theglass substrate 42. Theglass substrate 42 is a high purity alkali free glass. The color resistlayer 44 comprises a plurality of pixel units that is arranged in an array and a black matrix arranged around an outer circumference of the pixel units. - In the instant embodiment, the transparent
conductive layer 20 is formed on the color resistlayer 44 to serve as a common electrode of a liquid crystal display panel to induce, together with a pixel electrode (not shown) on a TFT (Thin-Film Transistor) substrate (not shown), an electric field for driving liquid crystal molecules to rotate. In this condition, the CF substrate is often a CF substrate for a high definition display mode but is not limited thereto, for it is possible to provide a CF substrate for other display modes that require installation of a transparent conductive electrode. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , which is a schematic view showing the structure of a CF substrate according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the instant embodiment, the transparentconductive layer 20 and the color resistlayer 44 are respectively formed on opposite surfaces of theglass substrate 42. The transparentconductive layer 20 serves as a static electricity draining layer for draining static electricity from a liquid crystal display panel to extend the life span of the liquid crystal display panel. Further, using an ITO layer to serve as a static electricity draining layer requires to attach a layer of protection film on a surface of ITO to protect the ITO static electricity draining layer, while in the present invention, the static electricity draining layer is made of a graphene transparentconductive layer 20, which requires no protection layer so as to reduce the manufacture cost. - When the transparent
conductive layer 20 works as a static electricity draining layer, the CF substrate is generally a CF substrate used in an IPS (In-Plane Switching) display mode or a CF substrate used in an FFS (Fringe Field Switching) display mode, but is not limited to serving as the CF substrates of these two display modes and can be a CF substrate for other display modes that requires a static electricity draining layer. - Referring to
FIG. 5 , the present invention further provides a manufacturing method of a CF substrate, which comprises the following steps: - Step 11: placing a growth substrate in a chemical vapor deposition reactor and introducing a mixed gas of a carbon source gas and a carrier gas to carry out a reaction under the conditions of 900-1120° C. and 40 Pa-5000 KPa for 1-60 min so as to grow a graphene film on the growth substrate, wherein the graphene film has a thickness of 0.36 nm-10 nm, transmittance of visible light being 80-97%, and surface resistance being 30-500 Ω/□.
- The growth substrate is made of nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), or ruthenium (Ru) and is preferably a metal foil made of Ni, Cu, or Ru. For growth substrates made of different materials, the carbon source gas and the carrier gas used are different. In the instant embodiment, the growth substrate is a Cu foil and the copper foil has a purity 99%.
- The carbon source gas is generally hydrocarbons. The type of carbon source determines the growth temperature of the chemical vapor deposition process. In the process adopted here, the carbon source gas is preferably methane, ethylene, or acethylene. In the instant embodiment, the carbon source gas is methane.
- The carrier gas is hydrogen or a mixed gas of hydrogen and argon. In the instant embodiment, the carrier gas is hydrogen.
- The carbon source gas is decomposed by the high temperature on the surface of the growth substrate and graphene grows. For a metallic growth substrate, such as Ni, which has high carbon solubility, the carbon atoms generated through the decomposition of the carbon source penetrate into the metallic growth substrate at the high temperature and precipitates and nucleates therein when temperature drops so as to form a graphene film. For a metallic growth substrate, such as Cu, which has low carbon solubility, the carbon atoms generated through the decomposition of the gaseous carbon source at a high temperature attach to the metal surface to nucleate and grow to form “graphene islands”. Through two-dimensional expansion and combination of the “graphene islands”, a continuous graphene film is obtained. Manufactured with the CVD process, the graphene film so formed shows high quality and can grow over a large area.
- Step 12: coating a transfer medium layer on the graphene film to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate.
- The transfer medium layer can be poly methyl methacrylate or poly dimethyl acrylamide. In the instant embodiment, the transfer medium layer is poly methyl methacrylate.
- For the graphene film that has a thickness of only several nanometers, the macro strength is low and breaking may readily result during the process of transfer. Using the transfer medium ensures an intact structure of the graphene film after the transfer without damage and causing no contamination to the graphene film.
- Step 13: dipping the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/growth substrate in a growth substrate corrosive liquid to remove the growth substrate so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film.
- The growth substrate corrosive liquid will be different for different growth substrates and is often a FeCl3 solution (that corrodes a Cu based growth substrate) or an acid solution (that corrodes a Ni based growth substrate). In the instant embodiment, the growth substrate corrosive liquid is 0.1-1.5 mol/L FeCl3 solution, which erodes away the copper foil to achieve separation of the graphene film from the growth substrate.
- Step 14: providing a
CF substrate body 40, wherein theCF substrate body 40 comprises aglass substrate 42 and a color resistlayer 44 formed on theglass substrate 42. - Specifically, the color resist
layer 44 is formed on a surface of the glass substrate through a yellow light process of rinsing, coating, pre-baking, exposure, development, and post-baking. The color resistlayer 44 comprises a plurality of pixel units that is arranged in an array and a black matrix arranged around an outer circumference of the pixel units. - Step 15: positioning the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film on the
CF substrate body 40 to proceed with transferring in room temperature so as to obtain a combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/CF substrate body. - Specifically, according to specific requirements for the CF substrate body 42 (depending on the display mode with which the CF substrate is used), the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film can be positioned on the color resist
layer 44 of the CF substrate body 40 (as shown inFIG. 3 ) to serve as a common electrode of a liquid crystal display panel; alternatively, the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film can be positioned on theglass substrate 42 of the CF substrate body 40 (as shown inFIG. 4 ) to serve as a static electricity draining layer. - Step 16: placing and washing the combination of transfer medium layer/graphene film/CF substrate body in a transfer medium layer removing solvent to remove the transfer medium layer so as to obtain a graphene film on the
CF substrate body 40 and thus forming a transparentconductive layer 20 on theCF substrate body 40. - The transfer medium layer removing solvent is a solvent that removes the transfer medium layer but does not damage and contaminate the graphene film and can be selected according to the properties of graphene and the material of the transfer medium layer itself. Since acetone alcohol solution can effectively remove poly methyl methacrylate and does not damage and contaminate the graphene film, in the instant embodiment, the transfer medium layer removing solvent is acetone alcohol solution.
- Specifically, according to the specific operation of
Step 15, the transparentconductive layer 20 formed on the color resistlayer 44 can serve as a common electrode of a liquid crystal display panel to induce, together with a pixel electrode (not shown) on a TFT substrate (not shown), an electric field for driving liquid crystal molecules to rotate. In this condition, the CF substrate is often a CF substrate for a high definition display mode but is not limited thereto, for it is possible to provide a CF substrate for other display modes that require installation of a transparent conductive electrode. - If the transparent
conductive layer 20 and the color resistlayer 44 are respectively formed on opposite surfaces of theglass substrate 42, the transparentconductive layer 20 serves as a static electricity draining layer for draining static electricity from a liquid crystal display panel to extend the life span of the liquid crystal display panel. Further, using an ITO layer to serve as a static electricity draining layer requires to attach a layer of protection film on a surface of ITO to protect the ITO static electricity draining layer, while in the present invention, the static electricity draining layer is made of a graphene transparentconductive layer 20, which requires no protection layer so as to reduce the manufacture cost. When the transparentconductive layer 20 works as a static electricity draining layer, the CF substrate is generally a CF substrate used in an IPS (In-Plane Switching) display mode or a CF substrate used in an FFS (Fringe Field Switching) display mode, but is not limited to serving as the CF substrates of these two display modes and can be a CF substrate for other display modes that requires a static electricity draining layer. - In summary, the present invention provides a transparent conductive layer made of graphene, having electrical conductivity matching a transparent conductive layer made of ITO. The graphene-made transparent conductive layer has light transmittance of 97%. Further, the graphene-made transparent conductive layer according to the present invention has mechanical strength and flexibility both superior to the ITO-made transparent conductive layer and is more suitable for the field of flexible substrates. Further, in using a CVD process to manufacture a graphene transparent conductive layer, the operation is easy and the manufacture can be easily achieved so that the manufacture cost is made even lower. Applying the graphene transparent conductive layer to the field of liquid crystal displaying to make a CF substrate having a graphene transparent conductive layer, since the graphene transparent conductive layer that has improved light transmittance performance, mechanical strength, and flexibility is used to replace an ITO transparent conductive layer, the CF substrate having the graphene transparent conductive layer, when used in a liquid crystal display panel, may improve the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel and reduce the use of backlighting. Further, the manufacturing method of the CF substrate that has the graphene transparent conductive layer according to the present invention uses a CVD process to form a graphene film on a growth substrate to be subsequently transferred to a CF substrate body, of which the manufacture is easy and the cost is low.
- Based on the description given above, those having ordinary skills of the art may easily contemplate various changes and modifications of the technical solution and technical ideas of the present invention and all these changes and modifications are considered within the protection scope of right for the present invention.
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